Sighting 4705047
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis
Asian paper wasp at Higgins, ACT
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| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Oct 2025 | |
| Polistes (Polistes) chinensis | IdleWanderer | 17 Oct 2025 | |
| Unverified | Jennybach | 17 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
wasp was sluggish possibly an exotic species. Similar ones were nesting in my yard last year.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029067-35.228019
- Altitude 579.9m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Oct 2025 05:07 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Jennybach NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Scientific name
- Asian paper wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1135m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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